Transfer of learning between hands to handle a novel object in old age

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-18

  Parikh, Pranav J ^a   Cole, Kelly J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Force; Intermanual; Learning; Precision grip

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ACCELERATION; ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HAND; HAND GRIP; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; INFORMATION; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PRECISION GRIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WEIGHT;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT;

EID: 84877606613     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3451-2     Document Type: Article

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